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Brodie People

Deacon Brodie (d.1788)
William Brodie led a double life, an Edinburgh town counsellor by day, a thief by night. After one of his accomplices gave King’s Evidence Brodie was arrested and executed.

It is generally believed that Deacon Brodie was the inspiration behind the character of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

 


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